medium Images API

Operations for uploading images to Medium for use in posts. Supports JPEG, PNG, GIF, and TIFF formats.

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POST /images Upload an image #

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OpenAPI Specification

medium-images-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Medium OAuth2 Authorization Images API
  description: The Medium OAuth2 API enables third-party applications to authenticate and authorize users to act on their behalf on the Medium platform. Applications redirect users to Medium's authorization endpoint to obtain an authorization code, which is then exchanged for an access token and refresh token. The OAuth2 flow supports scoped permissions including basicProfile, publishPost, listPublications, and uploadImage, allowing developers to request only the level of access their application requires. Access tokens are valid for 60 days and can be refreshed using refresh tokens.
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: Medium Support
    url: https://help.medium.com
  termsOfService: https://policy.medium.com/medium-terms-of-service-9db0094a1e0f
servers:
- url: https://medium.com/m/oauth
  description: OAuth2 Authorization Server
- url: https://api.medium.com/v1
  description: Token Exchange Endpoint
tags:
- name: Images
  description: Operations for uploading images to Medium for use in posts. Supports JPEG, PNG, GIF, and TIFF formats.
paths:
  /images:
    post:
      operationId: uploadImage
      summary: Upload an image
      description: Uploads an image to Medium for use in posts. The image must be sent as multipart form data with the field name "image". Supported formats are JPEG, PNG, GIF, and TIFF. Only one image can be uploaded per request. Medium also automatically side-loads images referenced in img src attributes within post content.
      tags:
      - Images
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          multipart/form-data:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - image
              properties:
                image:
                  type: string
                  format: binary
                  description: The image file to upload. Supported formats are image/jpeg, image/png, image/gif, and image/tiff.
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Successfully uploaded the image.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/Image'
        '401':
          description: The access token is invalid, has been revoked, or was not provided.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
components:
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      description: An error response from the Medium API containing error details.
      properties:
        errors:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              message:
                type: string
                description: A human-readable description of the error.
              code:
                type: integer
                description: The numeric error code identifying the error type.
    Image:
      type: object
      description: An uploaded image on Medium with its URL and content hash.
      properties:
        url:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: The URL where the uploaded image is hosted on Medium.
        md5:
          type: string
          description: The MD5 hash of the uploaded image content for verification.
externalDocs:
  description: Medium API Authentication Documentation
  url: https://github.com/Medium/medium-api-docs#2-authentication